Backyard composting workshop in South Side

PRC will present a Backyard Composting Workshop at CCI Center, 64 South 14th Street, on South Side, on Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Cost of the workshop is $50 person or $55 couple and includes an Earth Machine compost bin. More information, online registration and a complete list of other workshops dates and locations can be found on PRC's Zero Waste Pittsburgh website: http://zerowastepgh.org/ZW-PRC-byvc.html.

More than 20,000 area residents have attended PRC's backyard composting workshops since their inception in 2001, resulting in the diversion of 2,000,000 pounds of organic materials from local landfills.